(Keystone-ATS) Two-thirds more waste by 2050: the volume of waste in the world, at 2.3 billion tons in 2023, is expected to continue to grow exponentially, without action, with a massive impact on health and economies, warned the UN on Wednesday.
At this rate, common waste (excluding industrial and construction waste) is expected to reach 3.8 billion tons by mid-century, surpassing the forecasts of the previous report on this topic by the World Bank.
The crisis will be even more acute as their growth is expected to be particularly pronounced in countries where their treatment methods remain polluting: landfills, open-air incineration (soil pollution, emission of greenhouse gases such as methane or pollutants like carbon soot)…
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